Topic Details - 8th Grade ELA Vocab - VI

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Topic Information

Suggested Grade
Middle School
Description
Vocabulary words for English Language Arts (ELA), 8th grade.
Words in List
14
 
 
 

Words in the Topic

Refute

to prove to be false or erronous, as an opinion or charge

Deterioration

to make or become worse or inferior in character, quality, value, etc.

Verified

confirmed as to accuracy or truth by acceptable evidence, action, etc.

Vacuous

lacking in ideas or intelligence

Regression

the act of going back to aprevious place or state; return or reversion

Tangible

capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial

Rowdy

rough and disorderly

Fugue

a period during which a person suffers from loss of memory, often begins a new life, and, upon recovery, remembers nothing of the amnesic phase

Impair

to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excallance

Sensation

the operation or function of the senses; percention or awareness of stimuli through the senses

Fissure

a narrow opening produced by cleavage

Senility

the state of being senile

Absurd

utterly or oviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false

Proportional

having due proportion; corresponding